She's Been Strapped

It's been nearly a year since I first purchased my Nikon D3100 and I love it more and more each day.  It does me good.  Real good.

Even though I'm still learning and figuring out all of her bells and whistles, she takes stellar pictures AND has video capability, and that's all that matters to me.  Love her for that.  It's so convenient to be able to switch over to video with a switch of a nob.  She's the perfect camera to learn with, if you were wondering.  :)

Anyway, enough of the bragging....let's talk about her being strapped.  I thought it was time to glamour her up a bit. She was looking a little, let's say, drabby for lack of a better word.  Just wasn't up to par.

So, I went onto my new love....you know, that thing called Pinterest, to search for a new accessory for her.  And found this pin:

Source: modabakeshop.com via Brodie on Pinterest

A strap slipcover!  I had to have it but was determined to make it myself.  I know, such a go get'er, what can I say.  I quickly studied/learned these instructions.  To my surprise, it was easier than I expected.  Picking out fabric was the hardest part for me.  I'm very indecisive.  Very.  As in, I often buy things and then end up taking them back or exchanging them all.the.time.  Jer makes fun of me for it.  It's a sickness.  Anywho, making the strap was easy because even though I'm a beginner sewer (yes, I termed that phrase for me), this beginner sewer can at least sew straight (kinda) lines.  Not to mention, it was so much fun making it that I decided to make one for my photography business partner's camera which I appropriately named, "Big Mama" because she's the real mamajama, in other words, she's one of the top dog's in the Nikon world, also known as the Nikon D90 (wow, major run on sentence, but I have an excuse, it's called...."I have a biology degree not an english degree").  


Okay enough of the words, we wanna see pictures.  Since I had so much fun making them, I completely forgot to take any pictures of the process.  But you can see the process in the above mentioned link called "these instructions."  I only took one picture of the finished product.  So....here she blows.....

Isn't she puuurty!?  She's covered in a mix of green, pink, gray and white.  Delicious.  

Here's a picture of the strap cover for Big Mama.  I couldn't leave her out.....she's the mother-ship.  :)

There you have it.  They've been strapped glamorized!  They went from drab to fab.

Soon, I'll be making a few more (just in case I wanna do a switch-a-roo).

xoxo,
~Jeni

my new baby

Welp, I finally got it, my new baby...I mean camera!  A Nikon D3100 DSLR to be exact.  For about a year now I had been wanting a new camera that will capture everything for our family.  I'm that obsessed mom who wants to capture every move my little one makes.  Poor guy probably thinks that this little black thing that's always in front of my face and flashing is a part of me.  What he doesn't know is mommy has an even better camera to use on him (and I can practice learning it on him)!  Hopefully over time it'll be second nature to him, at least I that's what I'm gonna think.  ;)

Anyway, about the camera, it has video capability and it came with an extra lens that shoots 55-300mm.  It was a package deal from Best Buy.  We also got a few accessories: camera case, 2 UV lens shields, tripod for videoing, 16G highspeed memory card and Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 Premiere, which will allow me to edit pictures and videos.  Best Buy didn't sell replacement batteries, but our plan is to get an extra battery when Batteries Plus starts carrying them for the D3100.  Boy do I have my work cut out for me.  I'm excited to learn how to use this baby, but a little intimidated, too! 

So, soon y'all will start seeing many pictures taken from my new camera.  What, y'all are excited?  I know, me too!  ;) 

Me and my new love

We'll see how I like it in a about a month when I've had time to play with it!  Hopefully she'll go easy on me since I'm an amateur. 



Happy camera loving to me,

~Jeni